The 2025 Vergecast streaming draft
- The Vergecast is hosting its third annual Streaming Draft to predict the future of the streaming industry.
- The draft features seven categories, three hosts, and a unique voting system to determine the winners.
- The streaming business is complex and unpredictable, with some companies thriving while others face uncertainty.
- Companies like Netflix, Disney, and Paramount Plus are considered stable, but others like Peacock and Apple TV Plus may be at risk.
- The Vergecast hopes to win a Webby Award for its podcast, and invites listeners to vote in the award’s final stages.
(Before we get started, a reminder: The Vergecast is nominated for a Webby Award! Voting is only open for a few more days, and the award is decided by your votes. We’re up against some steep competition, but we really want to win – and we’d love your help. Thanks so much to everyone who already voted, too! Okay, on to the episode.)
The streaming business is a strange, strange place. For some companies, it’s more stable than ever: Netflix, Disney, and a couple of others have turned internet TV and movies into a legitimate and thriving business. For others, well, it’s complicated. Would you bet on Max, Paramount Plus, and Peacock all still being around a year from now? And that’s not to mention the side-hustle streaming services, like Apple TV Plus and Amazon Prime Video, and the social platforms like TikTok and YouTube that often feel simultaneously precarious and unstoppable. It’s not easy, fighting the streaming wars.
That’s why, once a year, we dive in and try to figure out where things are headed. On this episode of The Vergecast, it’s time for our third annual Streaming Draft. The rules are simple: there are seven categories, three hosts, and thus a to …
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